The provided table gives information about cocoa bean production in six regions, measured in tons, over a seven-year period, commencing from 1992.
Overall, Africa was the dominant producer during the surveyed period, and experienced a sustainable increase in production as well as the Caribbean. In contrast, the production in South America and Oceania saw a gradual decline, while others remained stable throughout the period.
Africa took the lead in the cocoa bean production in 1992 with 1,397,000 tons, and increased rapidly to reach the peak at 1,920,000 tons in 1996, maintaining its level, despite a slight dip to 1,822,000 tons at the end of the interval. Having the same tendency with Africa’s production, the figure for Caribbean grew from 52,000 tons at the beginning of the surveyed period to 69,000 tons and remained stable until slightly decreased to 68,000 tons in 1998.
In contrast, the production of South America and Oceania declined gradually during the interval from 568,000 and 42,000 tons in 1992 to 333,000 and 34,000 tons by the final year, respectively. On the other hand, Asia’s production remained stable at roughly 415,000 tons, the figure in North Central America experienced the same trend at 50,000 tons, despite some fluctuations during the inter
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